A/N: I don't own any of the characters apart from the 'Dark' family and 'Shadow Black'. Thanks for reviewing and I hope you like the next chapter!

Sorry I haven't updated much recently but schools being annoying – but we're breaking up on Friday so I shall be updating a lot more!

Anyway, Sally – this is for yoooou!

Here Comes the Rain: Thanks – I got an A in business and history so I'm please! Anyway, here's more! Thanks for still reading! Hugs

Eclipse: Here's more and coursework really, really sucks! Anyway, here's more… but I still have maths coursework to do… maths coursework before the summer holidays… that's just… just… EVIL!

CHAPTER 19: To Bring the Dead Back

Draco still wasn't out of the hospital wing and it had been two weeks. But, he had told Shadow not to come near him because he didn't want her to see him like this. Shadow agreed even though it pained her so. Harry apparently 'walked into a tree' and now had a black eye… although Professor Dark knew too well that Crabbe and Goyle had done it when Harry wasn't on guard.

Harry felt guilty, Malfoy wouldn't tell a soul because Harry knew that it would destroy his image completely. But what Harry felt so guilty about was Shadow… she thought it was because of her!

Yes he did it because of her. But more because of Sirius. Harry thought it was his duty to protect Shadow… Sirius's only living heir. Harry knew that if Sirius thought his only heir was to become a Malfoy… but that was silly. They were only going out, they were only sixteen, they wouldn't be thinking of getting married… would they?

Silly, really, really silly! Harry dismissed the thoughts from his head and went to meet Shadow, like they had arranged, in the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom.

"Hi Shadow," he said as he sat beside her at the desk she was sitting at, "Why did you want to meet me?"

"The veil," she muttered, put her hands together and stared at her feet, "They're doing tests with it using the mirror of Erisad. T-They think that if they can get a person's image in the mirror…" she sighed, "they think is they get a dead person's, or thing, image in the mirror and they push it through the veil then…" Shadow got up and walked around the room, "Trust Amdronniya," she muttered.

"Then?" Harry asked, eager to know what she was going to say.

"They think the person, or thing, could walk back through the veil," Shadow said in a

"They could bring Sirius back!" Harry gasped. Shadow shook her head and turned her back on Harry, who was still sitting at the desk.

"How do you know this?" he asked watching her walk around the room touching the strange and deadly looking instruments that were now around the room.

"Unspeakables," Shadow sighed again, "Anyway… I know you would have found out anyway, I just wanted you to hear it from me,"

"Right, thanks. I've got to send an owl!" with that Harry ran out of the room before Shadow could even start to say another word.

"Why don't boys stay in one place?" she hissed to the ceiling as the door closed, "I just hope he doesn't get his hopes too high…"

Meanwhile, back in the common room….

"Harry – that's great!" Hermione beamed and flung her arms around him, "That's really, really good news!" she said into his ear.

"Don't tell anyone, I don't think even she was meant to know!" Harry laughed, a wide smile across his face.

"We won't, but mate – that's amazing!" Ron said, looking slightly confused.

"Hey, Ron, can I borrow Pig? Hedwig's wing is still broken," Harry asked his best friend. Hedwig and Pig were both delivering a letter when Pig decided to do a summersault in the air. Pig knocked into Hedwig and she went flying into a stonewall, as everyone was fussing over Hedwig Pig flew off… and came back with neon green feathers. They still hadn't figured out how Pig ended up like that… or how to restore Pig's original colour.

"Sure… if you catch him…" Ron said as he looked down at his bandaged up fingers. Catching Pig had become a sport that Ron had perfected but the result was that he would end up with fingers similar to Charlie's. There was yet another loud explosion and Hermione glared at Ron.

"What?" he protested, "It's not my fault that mum forced them to redo seventh year!"

"How exactly did your mum make them come back?" Harry asked, uncertain on if he wanted to know the answer.

"You don't want to know," Ron said in a dark and stern voice, Hermione started at him for a few seconds and sighed, looking down at her feet. Harry said his 'See you later's and went to send an owl… if he could catch Pig, that is.

A/N: I shall update as soon as possible! Which will probably be Friday, thanks for reading and pleeeeaaaasssseee review! Next chapter is CHAPTER 20: I Have No Parents

Don't you just hate it when you try telling someone somthing and then they won't listen to all of it? Tut tut!

Until next time,

Raven Hope xxx

(PS. Wasn't the new book great? I thought it was better than OOTP - and I'm amazed with myself. Why? It only took me SIX hours to read... I'll never be able to do that again...)